Old Jan 24, 2011 | 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by crumpet
Thatx the thing i havent built any of them steve, and all of these have had GM heads instead of coscast

To find a decent quick XE is rare in my eyes, Most c20lets i see are in corsas and advertised as 300bhp (doubt very much)

My old Let had xe inlet cam and kent vernier, 1.9mm cometic, new mahles, acl bearings, saab reds, eds phase 2, 3" tx downpipe, recon k16, proper fmic none of this frontera trash, forge actuator, fse fuel reg and some other bits, at 16 psi went very well but was riddled with problems, this was built by chris astley too

Friends vauxhalls have had dodgy boxes, my f16 in my nova was shit and so was the mechanical driven f28 i had which blew its diff!
I would agree about the corsa with 300bhp statment, even the hybrid K16 struggles to provide enough air for 285 bhp.
The specification of you LET and who built it explains your deep dislike of vauxhalls.
99% of the vauxhall gearbox problems are down to poor setup of the gear selector linkage

Steve
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